We think that it is also our mission to preserve and inherit textile culture, as sort of fortune of humanity, as well as master textile. The idea realized to construct Ichihara plant handled by 4th Jimbei Kawashima in 1964, which is our present head office. Ichihara plant has 'Kawashima Textile Museum' housing various dyed and woven articles and textile educational establishment 'Kawashima Textile School,' in addition to central facilities of corporate activity such as offices for planning and development division and plants for handweaving and machinery to face textile from the aspect of technique and culture. Kawashima Selkon Textiles will continue to contribute to development of textile culture, supporting it from a variety of aspects.

Kawashima Textile School was founded in 1973 to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the company, and is a school that teaches textiles, with handweaving as the main focus. The school's strength is the informative, small group classes, centered on hands-on training. In the "Professional Course,” which is the basis of the school, students deepen their skills each year by studying weaving and dyeing techniques and textile design, starting from the basics, with a goal of creating and working independently in the future. The school has a foreign exchange program with Handarbetets Vänner Skola (Sweden), and offers the "International Students Course" for students from overseas. People of different ages motivated to learn weaving gather from all around the world.

• Kawashima Textile School